1904 Detroit Tigers season

1904 was the fourth year for the Detroit Tigers in the American League. The team finished in seventh place with a record of 62–90, 32 games behind the Boston Americans season|Boston Americans]. They played ten tie games, which is the major league record. The 1904 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 627 to 505. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 177,796, seventh out of the eight teams in the AL. In the year before Ty Cobb's arrival, pitcher George Mullin had a higher batting average than any of the team's regulars at.290.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		51	160	39	.244	0	13
1B		92	360	77	.214	0	40
2B		140	506	105	.208	0	40
3B		83	309	66	.214	1	28
SS		135	456	97	.213	1	16
OF		152	578	146	.253	2	46
OF		162	624	167	.268	0	31
OF		150	562	143	.254	2	73

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	101	320	77	.241	0	37
	56	206	47	.228	0	17
	49	175	43	.246	1	17
	54	174	36	.207	0	13
	42	144	35	.243	2	22
	42	136	15	.110	0	5
	4	18	6	.333	0	4
	4	16	2	.125	0	1
	1	0	0	----	0	0

''Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	45	382.1	17	23	2.40	161
	34	293.0	17	16	2.46	137
	40	257.2	14	20	2.44	124
	26	199.2	8	13	3.07	38
	22	60.2	3	12	4.42	41
	8	49.0	3	3	2.57	13

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	5	14.2	0	1	3.07	7
	3	13.0	0	1	6.23	4

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

AL leader in bases on balls
AL leader in times on base
AL leader in games
AL leader in plate appearances
#2 in AL in singles
#4 in AL in at bats
#5 in AL in outs

Bill Donovan

#3 in AL in bases on balls allowed
#5 in AL in wild pitches

Ed Killian

#4 in AL in bases on balls allowed
#4 in AL in games finished
#5 in AL in hit batsmen

Frank Kitson

#5 in AL in home runs allowed

Bobby Lowe

3rd oldest player in the AL

Matty McIntyre

#3 in AL in sacrifice hits

George Mullin

AL leader in bases on balls allowed
#2 in AL in complete games
#2 in AL in hits allowed
#2 in AL in batters faced
#3 in AL in shutouts
#3 in AL in losses
#4 in AL in games
#4 in AL in innings pitched
#4 in AL in games started
#5 in AL in earned runs allowed

Bob Wood

4th oldest player in the AL